The Sun. — London, England, 1836-01-13 00:00:00

PRICES OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE 0TT..410114.. Bank Stock ..:2144, IC India Stock .. w.v• 2.53 73 per Cent Red. 9 1%.4. I Ditto Braids 6 pm. 3 per Cent. Cons... 91% I South .e.it Stock ......... -..-- --"- 3 ,, , per Cent ,----. Okt A r, nnities ....-.... ........... 'Ditto Red ln tn I P Q NPA Ditto New f!,', per Cent ...c9,14! New 3 per Cent ......, .... ....' i per Cent. Annuitks, 1751... Exch. Bills, .E 1, 1 ,00 2O 22 ~m. Bank Lo n gAnnuitiestoexpire Ditto .500......... 20 22 pm. Jan. 5, 1 5 6 0.......... ...... ~ .trog 4 , Ditto Small ...... •••• " 2'2 P. Oct. 10, 1650_ ....... .. .... 16 .1 ,6 3-16; Ditto C0mmercia1 .......... P. Jan. 5 ' 19r.° ••.• ... —l Ditto Advertised Pm. Jan. 5, 1886........ I Bank Stock for Account -- April 5,15 Q;,.... —1 India Stock for Account ,2 -• Jan. 5, 1P,10., Consols for Acconnt ' •-•' l4 Omnium ~ ...... 1 • ,••••• PRICE'S I: --:S. OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY AT ON O'CLOCK . Austrb... Ronda — Peruvian Bonds .. , Belzi? - 41 Ponds lOl% 2 , Ditto Accnu.'io• ... " V an Account • lirAa•lian B on d s -I Ditto ~,,c connt ........., Ditto Acco un t _ 1 Di VA New Bonds—. ...... . en Buos A yres Bonds — , '_otto Account — Ditto Account — k .... nitro, 3 per cent. 54. 4 Ctfillian Bonds - !Prussian Bonds Ditto Account —. Russian Bonds, ;912 loli Colombian Bonds —' Ditto Account Ditty, Account Columbian Bonds, :Wt. 33 2.4 3 , !'",, !‘ i Spanish Bonds Ditto Account —,, Ditto Account — Danish Bonds . I Ditto Bonds, 1834 44); ,S ; 3 "; Ditto Account Greek Bonds ........... —.... ...... . i French, 5 per cent. —f. —c. Ditto Bonds, 1525...,..... ..... — l----- 4 per cent. --f. —c. Ditto Account ..... ---- 3 per cent. —f. --c. Mexican Bonds. 5 p.,r cent.... E xchange —f. —c. Ditto Accou at. — I I Dutch, 2t.', per cent. Ditto, 6r cr cent. • Ditto Account Ditto Ar count —1 Ditto, 5 per cent .. 103% NeapolitrA Ditto Account T'RICES OF SHARES PHIS British Iron Company , Real del Monte Mining Co., Registerei Ditto Unregistered Great Western Railway Company ..„, Brighton Raifway Company Brighton (Gibbs') Railway.... . London and Gravesend Rai , ,ay Come North Midland Railway C-„trnpany Stustralasia Bank N•stional Provincial B a nk of Englak t Van Diernan's Land Agricultural :2o; ...ttSE OF EXCH Amsterdam ... Ditto, at sigh t ' C.F 12 12 5 Rotterdam 2U. 12 7% Antwerp 12 7 HAomlsurg Pars , 3 days' sight 25 75 Dal" .............. Us 26 5 Bordeau x 25 95 Frankfort OR Maine, Ex. M 153 M F'etersbuigh, ruble .3 Us. 10 0 Berlin Vienna, effective d O MIO 12 Trieste ditto lO 13 :Madrid 37M Cadiz 17M Bilboa .364( Barcelona Seville 35% Gibraltar s; 48 CO'd 84% . )AY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Paid. P'er Share. 50 37Yi 631.103.6 d• 19 1 4 5 17 1 4 N 17 1 10h; 1 1 14, S M 6 40 55N 15 25 , mpany IW 9h, - A Pan y......., 47% 26 5 LNGE YESTERDAY, Leghorn , Genoa Milan Venice Naples .in Palermo per oz. Lisbon 5 5 14 Oporto 36% Rio Janeiro 37 Bahia .............- .... . 26 'Buenos Ayres Dublin, 21 days' sight l yq Cork .„ ... I% PRICE C,F BULLION, PER OZ. Portugal Gold, coin .£0 0 0 Foreigr, Gold, in bars -. 3 17 9 New Doubloons l'r , ar Dollars . .......... r efilver, bars, standard 0 4 'll% FOREV.SN FUNDS. Bills. Money, Austrian MetaViques, 5 per cent. A u 'ditto 4, per cent. 99 q 98 s I flit ditto 3 per cent. Rusatan ? per cents. Metal. An g lo-7 .ussian Loan 104% Paper Inscription. 6 per cent --• Rv.sian Inscription, Hope and Co., 3d and 4th Series Alitto, Certificates Portuguese Regency Bonds, 5 per cent 834, 83 Ditto, 3 per cent. 54 51% Dutch . 4., per Cents. 54% 54;4 Ditto 5 per Cents — Polish Bonds, 3 per cents Anglo-Danish Loan, 3 per cents. 73 -- Norwegian Loan of 1834, 4 per ce;nts. .Spanish, in piastres, 3 per Cent.',..„ . — .... Cortes Loan, 5 per Cent........_ , 48% 48 Greek 4 per cents. 1833, raananteed by France .... EXCHA.Y.4ES ON LONDON , HAMBURG, JAN. S.— .(3914 ; two months, 13 8 1 4. Sr. BETERSBTJRCHs. DU. Z.—Three months, 10 7-16. BREMEN, JAN. 5 ...--. - No months, 6 12 13. - VIENNA, JAN.. 4......Tw0 months, 9 57. - -Hamburg Papers, Jan. 8. PRUSSIAN FUNDS.—Beeux, JAN 5. Bills. Money. Mt. Sch.uld. Sch., 4 per cent. 10174 101 7 .'. Prussiar English Loan, 1830, per cent 100% 99% Exchange on London, three months ... .... 6 244. —Prussian State Gazette, Jan. 6. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. THIS EVENING will be performed Auber's Opera of THE BRONZE HORSE. Yang, Mr. Templeton ; Tsing Sing, Mr. H. P illips ; Tchin Kao, Mr. Seguin.; Yanko, Mr. Duruset. Stella, Miss Forde; Lo Malign, Miss F. Healy; Toajin, Miss H Cawse; Peki, Miss Shirreff. After which, the new Grand Operatic Drama entitled THE JEWESS. Cardinal de Bmgny, Mr. Warde; Prince Leopold, Mr Cooper; Tke Grand Provost of Constance, Mr. Giubelei ; The Bishop of Constance, Mr. Seguin ; Eleazar, Mr. VandenhotT. Rachel, Miss E. Tree ; the Princess Eudocia, Miss Forde. Stage Manager, Mr. Cooper—Acting Manager, Mr. Yates. The Box-office is open daily, under the direction of Mr. Parsons, of whom Private and Family Boxes, Stalls, and Places may be obtained. Boxes, 7s. ; Second Price, 3s. 6d.—Pit, 3s. 6d.; Second Price, 2s. Gallery, 2s. ; Second Price, Is.—Upper Gallery, Is. ; Second Price, 6d. SURVEY OF THE NORTHERN COAST OF AMERICA. AMEETING will take - place at the Literary In stitution, No. 165, Aldersgate-street, en FR.IDAT, the 15th inst., at Half-past Twelve o'Clock, to take into consideration a fur ther Survey of the Northern Coast of America, and deciding the long agitated Question of a North West Passage by Regent's Inlet. The Right lion. the LORD MAYOR, M. P., will take the Chair. HAMBURG, Dac. 22, 1835. NOTICE is hereby given, That the 67th GREAT LOTTERY drawn and published by authority, and under guirantee of the HAMBURG STATE begins drawing on VriONESDAY, 13th 'JANUARY , and that the Tickets will cea se se lli ng at the or i gin al price of Eigh; Pounds on Tuesday, 12th January. To persons remitting 101., 201., or 301. , go early that they reach us before that day, we shall, on executing the order, return the ba lance of 21., 41., or 61., on or before T aesday, 12th January. HEINE, BROTHERS, Contractors. P. immedi S. ately retur—lf anyorder arrives after 12th January, the mon ey w ill b e n ed. NOTICE TO ADVERTISERS. SUN OFFICE, JAN. 13, 1836. Fro'm this day Advertisements will be received at THE SUN ()ice up to Two o' Clock, and in serted without any extra charge. The extraor, dinary speed of our Machinery, which prints at th e rate of One Hundred Sheets per Minute , enables us to delay going to Press much later than other Papers ; and this extension of time will, we trust, be found occasionally very convenie n t for those who may be delayed in gettinp , Advertisements ready for the usual time of id l e Evening Papers going to Press. NOTICE TO S,CBSCRIBERS. Those who wish to obta An• the latest Parliamentary News, should give orders, without delay, to their respective News,-agents, to insure SECOND EDI TIONS OF TKIE SUN. A Second Edition mill be given every Night during Parliament, containing the Debates hi both Houses up to the Hour of Post ; and upon all extraordinary occasions, EXPRESS Edit ions will, as usual, be forwarded all over the Kingdom. The circulation of TILE SUN has really increased during the last year, upwards of Two HUNDRED THOUSAND Copies ,having been sold more than during the previous year. The publication of THE SUN NEWSPAPER commenced this day at 10 minntes past Three o'clock. _ .4.1/4),C , ,+ LONDON, IVEDNf.;'S'DAY EVENING, JANUARY 13, 1836. We understand that the arrangements respecting the Great Seal are at length complete. Sir CHARLES PE . e - YS is to be Lord Chancellor, and Mr BICKER SI.I-:TH Master of the Rolls. Another Rathcormac affair, on a diminished scale, has taken place, within the week, in the Trish parish of Blarnty, of which the Rev. Mr. BERESFORD is the Rector. In this affray, which, of course, grew out of the tithe system, two men lost their lives. As, however, we are not yet fully acquainted with all the particulars, we shall refrain for the present from making any further comment on the matter, etccept than just to observe that had the House of Lords done its duty last Session—as it vas strongly advised by the moderate and enlightened of all parties to do—nothing of the sort could possibly have happened. No one ever so much as dreamed that tithes could ever aaain be collected in Ireland ; the system, for all effective purposes, was as much extinct as if it had never existed ; what then was left, but for their Lordships to make that just and reason able compensation to the clergy, which would have enabled them to dispense with their present vexatious method of tithe-collecting ? Such a principle of com pensation would have gone no inconsiderable way to pacify Ireland ; it was what she expected, and had every right to expect ; but we suppose it was this very fact that rendered AC S 6 Impalateable to the House of Lords, j • inouceu them to reject it with c;;;;;.empt. We look upon the Blarnty affair . ex•clusively the work of the T or y P eers i "i4tl sure we are that no sagacious Irishman but must look on it in this light, and ill ' BO other. It will however be followeth s'OOner or later, by strict retribution :it will ell, for instance, the amount of the chargth that the country has to bring against the ItioUse of Loids : it will convince them that va long as they legislate upon the principle of Utter irresponsibility, little good is to be expected from their justice, and none at all from their sense of patriotism ; and confirm, one and all, in their resolu tion to demand a prompt and searching Reform of such an anomalous Institution. In a recent Number of The Sun, we published P. series of Resoluti ons adopted by the delegates of the Dissenters at a meet i ng Their obje 1",: t in Dr. WILLIAMS' library - was to rouse their constituents to exert all const)*.utional means of obtaining the rights which have for so many years been withheld from them— withheld from some of the best men and most useful citizens our country has produced, because they think the interests of Revelation are best sustained unaided by worldly establishments, or because they refuse to bind their consciences to a so-called National Creed. In enumerating the grievances to which the Dissenters are subject, these Resolutions justly adverted to the savage measures taken last year by the Church-wardens of Bungay against Mr. J. CHILDS, for non-pay ment of Church-rates. Our readers remember that for declining to appear in the Ecclesiastical Court, this gentleman was apprehended and taken to Ipswich jail, where he remained eleven days. An act like this, which showed to the whole body of Dissenters what every one of them was liable to, while the rotten code of ecclesiastical law remains, and one creed is allowed to quarter its professors on the purses of all, was of signal service to the cause of improvement. An abuse is half destroyed when it is fairly exposed. Many a cautious, respectable man, disposed to be quiet in the enjoyment of toleration, was brought to think on the true character of religious equality, and a heavy blow was dealt at the Church by these Churchwardens, who were the prominent agents in that oppressive transac tion, and the bevy of Reverend and Venerable advisers who pushed them forward. The business of the Dissenters should now be to agitate temperately, but firmly ; to state, to repeat, to enforce their claims ; to urge them upon the Legisla ture with a vehemence proportioned to the place they themselves occupy in the Commonwealth, and the righteousness of their demands ; and to strengthen the hands of their friends in the Ministry, by showing to their opponents that they can be silenced or conciliated by justice only. We learn from a correspondent that the Church itself is furnishing materials for bringing the matter prominently before the public eye. The Churchwar dens of Bungay have again applied to Mr. CHILDS for the amount - Of Church-rate assessed to him ; that gentleman has declined, on the same grounds as last year, to pay it voluntarily ; and they are now left to elect their mode of proceeding. Whatever objections existed last year against recovery by the common mode of distraint are equally operative now, and this plan cannot now be adopted, without conveying a dis tinct censure on their previous proceeding. If they repeat the Ipswich jail plan, it will be productive of signal public benefit. The highest ends are frequently worked out by the agents of oppression. To avoid all chance of misapprehending the grounds of his refusal, Mr. CI -tubs tendered the following de claration to the person who called on him for his Church-rate : " I take no exception to the validity of the church.rate, on account of which you now demand of me Bs. WI. " I have the same objections to the payment of this rate, which I had to the last; but in this case, as-in that, I shall offer no obstruction to your collecting it by any process you may adopt._ ". Whatever be the course you have resolved on, and if you should even take the same savage proceedings which were per petrated in my case last summer, I shall remain wholly passive. "JOHN CHILDS, " Bungay, Jan. 11, 1836." " Mr. L. Scott, tanner, and " Mr. J. Gower, farmer." We have received Lisbon Papers to the 3d inst The following is an extract : Spet c h of Her Most Faithful Majesty, on opening the Oretinary Session of 1836 : " Worthy Peers of the Kingdom, Gentlemen Deputies of the Portuguese Nation,—lt is with real pleasure, with the firm hope of seeing the wounds of the country healed by our first efforts, and an impulse given to the increase of its prosperity, that I see assembled round the throne on which I am placed, the representatives of a nation which I so much love, and to whose happiness I have devoted myself. " The picture of your first Assembly was clouded at the very beginning by one of those dreadful strokes to which resignation bows as inevitable decrees of Pro vidence, but which necessarily depresS the courage of le gislators and paralize the most prudent combination of men. This catastrophe necessarily distracted the attention. of the Legislative body by a series of contingent questions which it was necessary to decide, and delayed the necessary develope ment of the Constitutional Charter by means of all the organic and regulating laws which the nation asked and ex pected from your wisdom. " The Second Session of the Legislature (the first or dinary Session of the Cortes) being interrupted by ano ther unforeseen event, no less sensible than the first to my heart, was not able to conclude this indispensable work. It ended when it hardly began, and before it completed the edifice of the same laws. There is there fore remaining for us in the present Session an important quantity of Legislative labours, indispensable to give to the Constitutional Charter of the Monarchy a regular uniform and rapid movement. My Ministers will present to you what they have prepared on this subject, and from the initiative which belongs to you, proposals will doubtless proceed, calculated to attain the same object. These divers pro posals maturely discussed by prudent and dispassionate le gislators, will lay the solid foundation of the future happi ness of the Portuguese. From the reports which will be laid before you by my Ministers of the Interior, of Eccle siastical affairs and Justice, you will learn what has been done in the interval between the last and present session, and the actual state of the administration of the Interior, of the Lusitanian Church, and of the course of justice—sub jects to which it is proper that I should .call for your most serious attention, in order to regulate the first in a manner more advantageous to the people, and less burden some to the public Treasury ; to give to the second the Protection which religion and public morality imperatively require, and to extricate the third from the confusion in which circumstances have involved it. My Ministers of War and Marine will acquaint you with the state of the Army and Navy, which by the Charter it is for you to determine ; and will submit to you the necessary measures which the wants of those important branches of the public service claim from your patriotism and knowledge, and calling your attention to the Trans-marine dominions, will give you the opportunity to provide suitably for their preservation and future prosperity. " Thanks to Divine Providence, peace has not been inter rupted in this country, and I have reason to flatter myself, not only that the relations with the Powers which are the friends and allies of my Crown, are daily becoming more close through the bonds of permanent friendship, but also, that in a short time the justice and moderation of my Go vernment will be recognized by those powers whose rela tions with me have been for a short time interrupted, and especially by the visible head of the Catholic Church, of which I am proud to be the daughter. " The Portuguese arms, which have so lately subdued in this kingdom the fury of civil war, and the efforts of an usurping and liberticide faction, are now contributing to support, in the neighbouring kingdom, the crown of my august ally, Donna Isabella 11., against efforts no less hos tile, no less adverse to the prosperity of Sp a i n , w h ose inte rest is now so closely connected with that of my•kingdom ; and we may rely on it, that on our joint exertions and the in timate relations which unite us with Great Britain and France, the peace and tranquillity of the whole Peninsula will shortly result. " Gentlemen Deputies of the Portuguese Nation—ln pre senting to you the estimates for the ensuing year, and giving you a short account of the past, my Minister of Finance will inform you of the state of the finances, of the wants of the public service, and, conformably to my orders, will propose to you all the retrenchmeuts and savings all the i gswhiel may tend. to lighten the burdens of the pPoi a measures necessary to maintain public . credit. and:the solid basis of perfect good faith and the wiapt P.44lFfiPpt , obligations contracted beta in awl " Worthy P--- . el me kingdom. • - —rs or the Kingdom and Gentlemen Depu ..,:s of the Portuguese Nation,--I have always borne in mind MI: representations and your wishes for the stability or my dynasty ; nor could any other be the thought of a Queen in whom the Portuguese place their hopes of peace and durability. I have now the satisfaction to announce to you, that in the Prince Don Ferdinand Augustus Duke of Saxe Coburg Gotha, my beloved and esteemed consort, I shall find the virtues from which my domestic happiness must proceed, and shall give to the Constitutional Monarchy, and to our country, which by this union will become his, a new and solid support, and at the same time draw close by this m most Gaen a n t et r il i ee a nm g t e eani t ll he s t l--The of my n ei ndcsyl Crown.wi r hich unite t .anaco m me to some of tbe hliu. 3 . internal security, the protection of tranquillity pteterore-ecstitoanblnisnhdmeen c^ ragement of agriculture, manufactures and commerce, sources of prosperity which have been almost dried up by our past calamities, will doubtless find a place among the many other subjects of your deliberation, as they will be Of the constant solicitude of my Government. lam cer tain that you will co-operate to the extent of your power with your Queen, in the noble enterprise so gloriously be gan of restoring the country ; if sacrifices' arc necessary, they will be unanimously made, because the generous na tion which we have the honour to represent, is capable of every effort for the good of the country."---Zisbon Diario do Governo, Jan. 2. The whole of the Paris papers of Monday have been received, together with a condensed report of the proceedings in the legislative Chambers. As the Peers sat in a judicial capacity, all that relates to them has reference to the trial of the prisoners of April—a sub ject no longer of any interest to the public. The de bate in the Chamber of Deputies is chiefly interesting from the speeches of MM. MONTAVILLE and Mu- RET DE BORD, the former against, the latter in favour of the address. M. MONTAVILLE dwelt with great force and eloquence on the fall of Poland. He de nounced in no very measured language the con duct of France in suffering the Imperial tyrant NICHOLAS to violate the treaty of Vienna, which guaranteed to Europe the nationality of Poland. The speech of the Hon. Deputy was heard with much attention by the Chamber, and will doubtless be made the subject of Ministerial comment in the Journal des Debats. We trust he was not mistaken in presuming that the speech of the CZAR to the Municipality of Warsaw will be made the subject of diplomatic re presentation on the part of France. Unless France and England are prepared to have it believed that the CZAR is Sovereign of Poland by right of conquest, and not by virtue of conditional trea ties, for the inviolability of which they s t a nd pledged to the rest of Europe,—they are bound in duty to insist upon knowing whether the Speech attributed to NICHOLAS is substantially correct. The Speech of M. MURET DE BORD, in answer to the oration of. M. MONTAVILLE, was in truth a poor contemptible affair. The Hon. Deputy, after eulo gising the entire conduct of the Government, had the hardihood to talk of the sympathy be tween Russia and France ! After this who will venture to say that M. MURET DE BORD is not an universal philanthropist? Sympathy with Russia in deed I We never before heard of this sympathy ; and if it exist, we presume to be, persuaded that it is that sort of sympathy which exists between freemen and slaves. But surely France will not listen to vapouring about " sympathy" when the question at issue is one of European importance, involving her own honour as a great nation. The French Chambers and the French KING cannot be guilty of such egregious folly, as to prefer the honied but hollow compliments of a Russian Diplomatist to the good faith of France, and the Constitutional freedom of Western Europe. Notwithstanding the folly of the Address, which is sure to be carried by a great majority of the Deputies, we have considerable confidence in the French Go vernment. We have not the least fear that those mea sures will be neglected which may be found necessary to bring Russia to her senses. A war with Russia has much to recommend it. In the first place, it would prove to the world that no impunity is to be hoped from breaches of treaties to which England and France are guarantees ; again, it would act on France as a wholesome purge, carrying off those restless spirits whose object is not liberty but anarchy ; and in the third place, it would give stability to the Throne of the ORLEANS dynasty. The recent differences between France and the can ton of Basle are on the eve of an amicable adjustment PARIS, JAN. 11.—The Moniteur does not contain any official article this morning. Rear-Admiral Mackau has not yet set out for Brest. Letters from Toulon of the 6th state that a frigate and two or three corvettes were shortly to sail from the coast of Spain. Letters from Bordeaux of the Bth inform us a disaster less important certainly than that at New York, but very deplora ble ; 3,000 barrels of wine of the beet growth have been de stroyed by fire in the magazine of Messrs. Springer and Motz, at Chartrons. It is a miracle that the fire, which was rendered more violent by some barrels of brandy, did not extend to the other warehouses. The loss is estimated at 700,000 francs. The two magazines were insured. This is the fifth fire at Bordeaux in less than five days. The Minister of Foreign Affairs does not venture to avow the conditions of the arrangement with Basle, which, however, are well known for the truth, is that M. de Broglie has given way in every point, and has acknowledged that his bureaux had committed an error on a question of internal law, which was regulated by a special convention during the embassy of M. de Rayneval. M. de Montebello, who is said to be ill at Geneva, will not go to Berne till th e t erm i nat i on o f this affair, which has excited great attention in the whole Swiss Confe deration.— Constitutionnel. General Alava, who was expected at Bayonne, resolved to go by sea to Bordeaux, but the ice preventing the steam-boat (the Phoenix) from going up the river he landed at Royan, and we hear that he has stopped at Saintes, being ill. The Infant Don Sebastian was at the siege of Guetaria.— Messager, Jan. H. FRENCH FUNDS.—PsAIS, JANUARY 11. Five per Cents., 108 f. 50c. 45c. 66c. Four per Cents., 10if. 1021. 25c. Three per Cents., Slf. sc. 10e. 15c. National Loan. 108 f: 50e. Rank Actions, 2,147 f. 50c. 2,150 f. Rente de Naples, !?St: 6Cc. 75c. SUe. Roman Five per Cents., 103 103 1 43 4. Spanish Actives, 501 liNi• Spanish DifFeres, 25 25 1 4. Spanish Passives, 1636%. Royal Spanish Loan, 4.0}4. Rente Perpet. d'Espagne, Five per Cents., 4054. Belgian Loan, Five per Cents, 102 A. Portuguese Three per Cents. 55k. Hayttan Loan; 4201. 4171. 50c. 4201. axeiamos ON LONDON. Onernonth, paper, 25c. 55c. • money, 251. 52}4c. Three months , paper, 251. 37 54 c. ; money, 25f. 35c —Coors Authentigue. BOUM, TARIM .—Since this morning the Three per Cents. have been on the decline. At Tortoni's some bargains were done at 81f. 22-ic. On 'Change some brokers tried to place some Rentes, but very little inclination was shown to purchase, when one agent sold some at 81f. lbc., and this has been the price without fluctuation almost the whole day. Very little business doing, and no news whatever. The Spanish securities are also somewhat lower than Satur day ; no reason is assigned for this, except that the secret plan of finance gives some uneasiness to the Spanish stock holders. P. S. The complete stagnation in the market is the cause that the Rentes, on a few orders of purchase have improved to 81f. 25c. QUAKTER TO FOUL—Five per Cents., 108 f. 80c. ; Three Per Cents., 81f. 20c. ; Five per Cents. Spanish, —; Th re e per Cent s . S pan i s h , —; C or t es , —; Coupons, 251 ; Gueb hards, —; Differes, 194; New Loan, —; Actives, 503-; Passives, 16i ; D ucats , 98 80 ; R omans . 1031 ; P e d ros, —; Belgians, 1021 ; Dutch, —f. —c. ; Haytians, 4201..._c. ; Miguels, —; Brabant Bank, —; Belgian Bank, —; Con tinuation, —e, ; N ew Diff eres , 25i ; Fi ve p er C ent. Pei pe tuelles, 40i. -.;1 1 '11E SUN, LONDON,, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 13, IS SHIPPING. -(THIS DAY.) (FROM LLOYD'S.) DEAL, 'JAN. 12.—Wind S. W.—Arrived from the river and remain, the Hawk, Mars, for St. Michael's; H enr y, Hurd, for Newport ; 80, Preulon, for Liverpool ; Saltram, Saunders, foriPlymouth; and Seppings, Rogers, for Jamaica. Arrived from the river and sailed, the Ranger, Smith, for Belfast. PORTSMOUTH, JAN. 12.—Wind S. E. to N. fin e . PLYMOUTH, JAN. 11.---Wind S. E. to N.V. FALMOUTH, JAN. I I. —Wind W. to S. E., light. —Arrived his Majesty's ship Delight, from Lisbon ; sailed 3d inst. MARGATE, JAN. 12.—The Caroline, Norris, from London to St. Michael's, was on Margate Sand last evening, but was assisted off without damage. LIVERPOOL, JAN. I I.—Arrived the Virginia, Harris, frenu New York ; and Ellen, from Lisbon. ROLLS COURT.--(THIS DAY.) thiz H -s- i i s ior lf Di o n n - ollr, p f the R @US, gaiv tictith6nt -----.---.. ~ "d in o' ,as man v . nwp ~ th L e l . h MA . sE4 0 . . .31.. It 00.1^ " n' d li _,..., th in i and " Perry v. Jenkins," none of which possessed any points of public intesest, involving chiefly points of practee and pleadings The Court then proceeded with the part-heard ease of " Mow v. Crowd,'' the afgniliOnts in *bleb occupied the whole day. mr,r, ---.:............ VICE-CitANCEIit.,(VIIS DAY.) SLANEY V. WADE. His tioNova gave iudstnent in this case, which was argued seine short time hie b kverai gentlemen of the Equity and Common Law Ear, upon motion for a new trial. The case involved a question of pedigree ; ghti the ground of the appli cation was that Mr, iii§tice Williams, who tried the case, had allow e d oVidence to be given that was inadmissible. His .ionour refused the new trial with costs. There now seems to be no doubt among the gentlemen of the bar that she Master of the Rolls is to be the new Lord Chancellor, with a peerage • indeed the fact of His Honour havin g g i ven no l ess than twelve of his judgments which were in arrear within the last week, tend strongly to confirm the rumour that he will shortly give up the office of Master of the Rolls. Another rumour that still gains ground is, that Mr. Bickersteth is to be the New Master of the Rolls. It is also currently reported in the Courts to-day, that Sir J. Campbell has resigned the office of Attorney-General, or intends doing so to-day, in consequence of not being appointed to the Mas tership of the Rolls. KING'S BENCH.-(THIS DAY.) THE LATE MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS-BOROUGH OF POOLE. The ATTORNEY-GENERAE moved for a rule to show cause why a rule in the nature of a quo warranto should not issue, calling upon Robert Major and Medgar to shew by what authority they exercised the office of Town Councillors for the borough of Poole. He felt it his duty to state, that gross mis conduct attached to the late Mayor of that borough, in the election of Town Councillors on the 26th of December last, under the New Municipal Bill. Unfortunately, In the first elections, there was no check upon the conduct of the Mayor, but in the future elections that would not be the case. It appeared by the affidavits which he held in his hand, that the Mayor, having held his eleetion under the new Act, returned the two gentlemen, against whom he made the present applica tion, as Town Councillors, who had not a sufficient number of votes to entitle them to be elected. Their Lordships were aware that by a clause in the Municipal Act the poll is to be conducted in the following manner. The voters hand in signed lists, con taining the name of the candidate for whom they vote. These lists are received by the Mayor, who, after having examined them; declares who has got the greatest number of votes. The Act allows the inspection of the voting papers within the six months, but it was complied with by the Mayor in a very unsatisfactory and shuffling manner in the present case. It appeared that there were two lists put in, in the name of Wil liam Eyres, one, of the voters, although he swears that he only deposited one; he had been induced some days previously to sign another voting paper, but that one he had never made use of, and that it had been put into the box without his authority. In short, gross corruption appears to have prevailed, and it would be only necessary for him to put the Court in possession of the facts to entitle him to the rule prayed for. Under the new Municipal Act the borough of Poole was divided into two wards—the north-west ward and the south-east ward, and the gentlemen. against whom he moved were candidates for the office of Town Councillors in the latter ward. For that ward there were 168 registered burgesses, of whom nine were ab sent and did not vote, reducing the number of voters to 159. There were nine Councillors to be elected for each ward, and he held in his hand the affidavits of 84 of the 159 voters, and affidavits accounting for the votes of five others, making 89. According to his instructions, it appeared that two persons, named Salter and Conway, should have been returned, although Major and Medgar were returned by the Mayor. Of the 89 votes for which he (the Attorney-General) could account, Salter had 88, and Conway 87, Major 5, and Medgar 4. If these 89 votes were taken from the 159, there would remain only 70 unaccounted for, and supposing all these 70 voted for Major and Medgar, then 70 plus 4 and plus 6, would give Major 76, and Medgar 74. That was the ut most number which these two gentlemen could by possibility have, while his affidavits proved that Salter had 88, and Con way 87. There was thus an absolute demonstration of the fact that the two persons who were not returned had a majority of at least ten votes over the two who were returned by the Mayor. Mr. Justice LITTLEDALE—Even if the five whose affidavits you have not yet got voted for Major and Medgar, they would not have the majority. The ATTORNEY:dENERAL—They would not, my Lord. COURT—You may take a rule.--Rule granted. EXCHEQUER COURT-(THIS DAY). II RAIINGILA.O.- -TUESDAY. • e'•• PODiroll OF TEE gn-vi otnitted last night to send you a paragraph, in forming you of the estraordinaty dernand the Committee of Management have had fur tickets to our Orand *form Dinner. Ilething could equal it. The time announced for'the, sale of the tickets was 10 o'clock yesterday morn ing; lii one hour and a half the whole' of the tickets were disposed of ; except those at the President's table, which are resetetd fer strangOs at a distaocer The Tories gay they dine,.1.400 at otir Town Hall ; we shall be teazod to death if we do not erect L'.1,110 try aline 1,000; and shotila the time permit between now and tile jog.; the, day of the dinner, that number will certainly grace mil° llekrur festival. The demand for tickets for fifty miles round Birniltiglithn has been beyond all precedent. Only wait till the 28th, and you Londoners shall be disabused as to the re.- . c 2 which'the Tories lie and vaunt about so egregiously. MENTOR. Birmingham, Jan. 12, 1836.. . FRANCO V. LATOUCHE. This was an action upon four policies of insurance upon the Portuguese ship Activa and its cargo. It was tried before. Mr. Baron Alderson at the London sittings after lastt.Nrin, when a verdict was found for the plaintiff. Mr. MAULE now moved for a rule to show cause why the verdict should not be entered for the defendant, or why there should not be a new trial, The ship sailed from St. Michael's to Santa Cruz de Teneriffe on thellth of August, 1834. The only witnesses on the trial were the captain and the super cargo, and the evidence was that after they bad been at sea for two or three days, they found they were making water in the hold, though they had not met with any weather which could be termed bad weather. They called it only light winds ; the water gained upon them, and on the tenth day, though they used the pumps, they were afraid they were going to become victims, and therefore they abandoned the vessel, which was never again heard of. The Learned Gentleman complained of the summing up of the Judge, he having thrown the onus probandi of proving the unseaworthi ness upon the defendant. He submitted that the fact of the vessel having made five inches tof water the two first days without any, boisterous weather, was such a case as to throw the proof of sea-worthiness upon the plaintiffs. At the re quest of the Court, the Learned Gentleman read the whole of the summing up. The LORD CHIEF-BARON said he had never heard a more clear or more legal summing up. It was not fair to the Judge to pick out one solitary sentence, and argue upon it. Mr. MAULE also moved upon the ground of a deviation from the right course in making the voyage. Mr. Baron ALDERSON said, though there was such a plea on the record, yet it was never mentioned at the trial. It was like laying a trap for a Judge to move upon misdirection of a point never raised or alluded to at the trial. Mr. MAULE then stated that the Jury had found that the ship had been abandoned without sufficient cause. Rule refused, on the ground that on the last point the Counsel did not make a distinct application before the Jury to have the verdict entered for the defendant. THE FUNDS-(THIS DAY). CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. New York Papers of the 24th ult. have been received, and we are happy to state that the amount of the loss by the great fire does not exceed one-half of the sum previously stated— twenty-five millions of dollars. The papers say that the greatest alarmists do not claim more than ten millions of dollars—in other words, two millions sterling. It also appears that the fire was accidental, and that two lives only were lost during the fire. The New York Daily Advertiser, of the 24th ult., has the following paragraph : " INSURANCE.—We now see the folly of driving from our shores the capital of foreigners by a paltry policy. We prohibited the great London Capitalists from insuring in this City ; many of the Companies who had a capital of 12 mil lions of pounds sterling were doing business here, taking our risks at the lowest rates, and paying their losses with the greatest fidelity. If these Companies now existed, it is probable at least half our immense loss would have fallen on them. They would have drawn their bills on England, and the whole would have been settled in less than thirty days. It is however now too late to repent; but it may teach us a lesson hereafter." Extract ofa private letter from New York of the 24th ult. : —" Everything is going on much better than was anticipated— only one or two small failures. All others have promptly paid up, and money is getting more plentiful. The State and City Authorities have made arrangements to lend large amounts to the Insurance Companies, and they will promptly pay up their losses. Exchange on London, 8i.." Van- Diemen's-Land Papers have been received to the Ist August. They state that the excesses committed by bands pf ruffians who scour the country in all directions, render it unsafe to stir abroad, and continue unabated. The proceedings of the Patriotic Associations in New South Wales, with the ap pointment of Mr. Lytton Bulvver to the office of Parliamen tary Advocate, with a salary of 2,0001. per annum, were the chief objects under discussion in that colony. Quebec Papers are received at the New South American Coffee House to the 9th ult. Under the head of " Upper Canada," they state that the Legislature was again prorogued to the 10th January. TILE FUNDS. Consols, which left off yesterday at 92 for the Account, opened this morning at 92i 11, with little doing ; for Money 91i ; Omnium 41- prem. ; Exchequer Bills I '2l 23 ; India Bonds 5 7 • Bank Stock 2133- 2143: ; India Stock 2 5 2 253. In the Foreign Market Spanish Active Bonds are not so good as they left off-50A- -I, have receded to 494 50 ; Portu guese 84i ; 3 per Cents. 541 4 ; Columbian 331; Mexican 371 38 1 ; Dutch 21 per Cents. 554 ; 5 per Cents. 104. The Express from Paris is of little import. No news from the armies in the North of Spain of any importance. French Funds—Five per Cents. 108 f. 65c. ; Three per Cents. 81f. se. ; Spanish Active 501. HALF-PAST ONE. The Commissioners for the West India Claims purchased this morning about 60,0001. Consols, at 924, at which price:they ars at present, which is the only feature worth observation in the Consol Market. Exchequer Bills, 20 22; India Bonds, 4 6 ; Bank Stock, 2131- 214/ ; India Stock, 252 253. In the Foreign Market, Spanish Active Bonds, which re ceded, in the early part of the morning, to 49k, have since improved to 491 50 ; Portuguese, 84i ; Three per Cents., 541. THREE 0' CL ocr. Consols for the Aceount, 924. FALMOUTII.—The Delight Picket arrived on the 10th from Lisbon, sailed on the 3d—left there the Hastings, Viper, Ca»zelion, and Quail. The Tweed sailed on the 2d for Cadiz, and the Pearl the same day for Santander. RAMSGATE.--TUESDAY. To the sincere regret at 64 inhabitants , their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Kent and Vt9n4ess Victoria left Ramsgate this morning for Kensington Palace. Tim Royal cortege consisted of a chariot and pair , in wh ich was Sr. John Conroy, the Duchess and Daughter in a chariot and four, followed by three carriages and four, with Lady .Flora Hastings, and other ladies of the establishment, at tendants, &c. On their starting from Albion Houge a few minutes after ten o'clock, a Royal salute was fired from the guns on the pier. By command of their Royal Highnesses the carriages were driven at a foot pace through the streets, which were thronged with the inhabitants, who ; with unfeigned• regret, witnessed the; departure of did illustrious visitors. At the top of the t9iiitt a truly gratifying sight presented itself. The children belonging to the National, Sunday, and other schools of the different persuagithiS (amounting together to 700, to whose funds the Duchess hadNtii a most liberal contributor), were arranged in a long line on the Nide of the road, attended, by their teachers, and as the Royal carri2g'es passed at a slow pace, the children curtsied and bowed. a grateful farewell to their kind patronesses. The Duchess and Princess seemed much pleased with the appearance of the children, who were afterwards regaled with a bun each. At the limits of the town a number of gentlemen, and se veral respectable inhabitants, were assembled to pay their respectful adieu to our Royal'visitors. . , During the residence of their Royal Highnesses 'in Ramsgate, they have gained the affection and sincere -es.. teem of all telasses, by their extreme kindness and condes'. cension. The benevolence of the Duchess has been un • bounded. No deserving cases of distress have ever reached her ear in vain. _ Shortly after her arrival, her Royal Highness was gra. , ciously pleased to bestow upwards of two hundred pounds among the different schools and benevolent institutions in Ramsgate, Margate, and Broadstairs, without any distinc tion of sect. Scarcely any subscription was set on foot in the, town to which her Royal Highness did not liberally con tribute. We believe we do not err in stating that a sum little short of Five Hundred Pounds has been bestowed in charitable donations and contributions, by her Royal High ness since her arrival here Truly may it be said that she has fed the hungry with good things, and caused the widow's heart to leap for joy. In all her bounties her Royal High ness exercised the strictest inquiry and discrimination, always bestowing her gifts in a manner most useful and ac ceptable to the wants of the parties. Her Royal bounty has not been confined to charitable acts alone, but has been extended to matters connected with the general benefit of the town and neighbourhood, among which may be included the organ just erected in St. George's Church, the Scientifis and Literary Institution, &c. &e. and (as the following copy of a letter will show) to the Agricultural Association about to be formed in the Isle of Thanet, for the encouragement of servants and la bourers. (COPY.) " Ramsgate, Jan. 7, 1836. .___ _ __ " Sir,—l have received and laid before the Duchess of Kent your note of this date, relative to the formation of an Agricul tural Association in the Isle of Thanet, for the encouragement of servants and labourers. " Her Royal Highness very readily accedes to the desire expressed, that she should be the Patroness of it, as such re quests are always most congenial to the feelings. " Her Royal Highness is happy to close her visit to the Island, by being associated with the Gentlemen and Farmers, in establishing so useful a Society, and one so calculated to carry information, zeal, and reward, among those valuable members of the community, the farm servants and labourers. ‘. Her Royal Highness will give, every year, a Prize of Five Pounds to that labourer who shall be considered to have brought up most creditably and usefully the largest family, without receiving parochial relief. " Her Royal Highness has directed Messrs. Austen and Co. to pay annually to the Treasurer the sum I have just named. " I have the honour to be, Sir, your most obedient servant, ( Signed) "JOHN CONROY. " To. Thos. Mayhew, Esq., Nether-court." We cannot conclude without expressing our sincere hope that their Royal Highnesses may again, ere long, condes cend to honour this town with their presence ; neither can we express our sentiments and admiration in any words so well as in the feeling reply of the Duchess of Kent to the Address of the inhabitants of Ramsgate, on the arrival of their Royal Highnesses in the town in September last : " That it is the object of her life to render the Princess de serving of the affectionate solicitude she so universally in spires, and to make her worthy of the attachment and re spect of a free and loyal people." We feel confident that this object will be duly attained, and that, whenever it shall please the Almighty disposer of events to place the Princess Victoria on the Throne of these realms, the nation will feel a deep debt of gratitude to her Royal Mother for the care With which she has so anxi ously watched over her earlier years. MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS. DEAL.—The Liberals were here again triumphant on Sa. turday. DERBY.—The Reformers were again successful. LEEDS, JAN. 11.—This day the election of councillors to fill up the vacancy in our Corporation, occasioned by the election of aldermen from the councillors, took place. The Leeds Municipal, as now completed, stands thus :—Reformers, the Mayor, 38 Councillors, and 12 Aldermen. Tories, 9 Coun cillors, and 4 Aldermen. MAIDSTONE.—The Maidstone Town Council met yesterday, for the purpose of nominating persons to be recommended to the Privy Council Rs Magistrates under the New Act, to fill up a vacancy in the list of Aldermen, occasioned by one of the gentlemen elected the week before last, Mr. John Allen, de clining to serve ; and to appoint watch, fund, and other com mittees. The list of Magistrates proposed by Mr. Alderman Green (a Liberal) comprised the names of the three Tory gentlemen, who are the Magistrates appointed under the old Corporation, Messrs. P. Conall, J. Brenchley, and J. Mares ; and in addition, those of Messrs. Lewis Cooper, Dr. Sibbald, Alderman T. Smith (of Tovil), and Alderman J. Warwick— all Liberals. Mr. Green included the old Magistrates on the ground of excluding party-feeling from all consideration on this question. The Tories vainly endeavoured to get a re jected Tory candidate, who was made a catspaw by the party in the election for Councillors, tacked to the list, which, after having been seconded by Mr. Collis, was carried by a majority of 14 to 3. In consequence of the unblushing apostacy of some pseudo-Whigs, Mr. Tassell was elected by 10 to 8. The conduct of Mr. Collis is viewed with especial abhorrence, and is the theme of every conversation. PORTSMOUTH.—The election for thirteen councillors for five of the wards of this borough took place to-clay. Eleven Re formers and two Tories are added to the borough council. WisrEAcn.—By a reference to the Report of the Commis sioners on Corporations, and also to the evidence taken by the parliamentary Committee, it will be found that this corporation stood very high, if not the highest, in regard to the manner in which its affairs have been conducted. NEW CORPORATION. Liberals. .Aldermen Councillors Tories. 15 9 WINDSOR.--The Windsor Express asserts that the late Election furnishes examples of the most barefaced treachery. Amongst other instances of the improper influences, the fol lowing is stated to have occurred :—" Messrs. Jennings, Clarke, and Tull, the three of the faction who were candidates for the In-ward, in the course of their canvass, pressed for votes in the most earnest manner, and actually held out that the King interested himself in the result of the election ! We believe this assertion to be a falsehood, fabricated 'for the pur pose of prevailing on persons who depended upon the Castle, either directly or indirectly, for any portion of their business." Our contemporary adds,—" Of course we are ignorant as to who are the persons in the Royal household who lend them selves to such acts as are related, although we have no doubt we could easily select them. That they are persons high in the Royal confidence is unquestionable, or they would never dare to send off nineteen attendants--aye, and some of them, such as the footmen and pages, close attendants upon the Royal person. Can it be possible that their absence from their usual duty for two whole days was unknown to either of their Ma jesties, because there are personal daily attendants to each in the above list? Again, if their absence was known, can the object for which they were absent be concealed, or was it attempted to be concealed ?" THE MARKETS-(THIS DAY.) CORN EXCHANGE. • The supplies this week are in general short, and there is a scanty return of Flour. The trade, for all descriptions of Wheat continues firm at Monday's currency. ' Barley, Beans, and Pease, unvaried. Oats are in fair demand at our last rates. Flour unvaried. ARRIVALS. Wheat. Barley. Oats. Flour. English Irish DCO 4,260 Foreign THE FUI7IIS,-CLOSINGPRICES. BRITISH - vUN DS. . . 0.:'.. 1 / 4 stock - ' "14 Orrinft,7 l F in. .. 3 per Cent.. Red 91 41 India Stoe4. 3 per Cent. Cons 91% Ditto Bonds ... , 6 o '3 , ., per Cent. -. ;iv per Cent. Red 100 Ditto Old Annuities . New ::!! 2 - rier Cent o9',;, Ditto New Annuities .. 0 2 pir . 1 per Cent. Assented ' max: Bills, 19 , 0/ • .... Dissented — Ditto 5 00 / . ,2•2. P m Long Annuities to expire Ditto 500! of) pin JAL D4OO I Bank Stock for Opg. Oct. 1850 l6 3-16 ladia Stock l'or Act. 1 2% Jan. 1860 — Consols for Act. FOREIGN FUNDS. Portuguese Bonds, s.per cent. Ditto, Now Ditto SA Prussian. 5 per cent. - , Russian Bonds, S per cent. look Ditto, Metallic —, Spanish, 5 per cent 4 9% Ditto, lt-G1 --- Fecnch, 5 per cent Exchange Austrian s :4Kr cent — Behtfian, 5 per cent lO2. Buenos Ayrer, 6 per cont. liarr„ 6 per cent Colant*rn, 6 per cent. ' 16'.......:... f2anish Bond: Giefk Ronde, 15•25, 0 pet (zit, Mexican, Spec cent. .,. Ditto, 6 per Celt 1825 reruv.an, per cent French, - 3 per cent —t. •2I per cent. 55% Ditto, 5 per cent 103 BRIGHTON-TUESDAY. Their Majesties drove out this afternoon to Rottingdean at their usual hour. Vice-Aflmiral Sir Charles and Lady Rowley , quitted Brighton this .morning, after a sojourn of several weeks. Earl Bathurst !seek his departure this morning: Lady Caroline 1N6,!..1d has arrived on a visit to the Hon. • . • Mr. Ashley, the Queens Treasurer. Lord and Lady Howard of Effingham and..the 11.1isses Howard left Worthing this morning, and called tit. the Pa lace on passing through Brighton. The following distinguished persOns had the honour of dining .with their Majesties yesterday evening :—Major - General Pigot, Capt. Hugh Pigof,, A c i.Tniral Sir C. and Lady Rowley, Earl Bathurst and Lady G. Bathurst, Dowager . Countess of Mulgrave and the ;,a Edwar dies and Phipps , Hon. General Phipps, Sir James Kempt, Sir ,d Lady Disbrowe and Miss Kennedy, Marquis and .Mar chioness of Ely, and General Gascovne. There is not the slightest foundation for the statement made by the Windsor Paper last week, that their Majestiel, do not intend to return to Brighton after the openinj Of Parliament. The Windsor people are, doubtless , vivid lY eve to their ovn interests, and they state what they wish; but we Can tell them that their Majesties have determined to return to Brighton immediately after the opening of the Session, and remain till about the 20th February. The ball. which took place yesterday evening at the Newburgh Rooms was a splendid affair, and reflected the highest credit on Messrs. Wright, whose Arrangements were exceedingly liberal and praiseworthy. There were about 300 of our nobility and gentry present, and *dancing was continued through the night with great spirit to Weir pert's harp and a select portion of his band. Among the company were—The Duchess of Cannizaro, Lady Harriet Manners Sutton, ,Lady Lilias Oswald, Hon. Lady and the ' Misses Morris, Sir C. and La:ly Egerton, Sir John Eti,- tace, Lord and Lady Teynhani, Lady Dorothy Campbell, Sir H. Rivers, Mrs. Colonel Tot .ten, Sir . A. Dalrymple , Lady Jephson, Lady and the Misses . Seott, and the. Officers of the Cavalry and Foot regimentastatimed SURREY THEATRE. The bills of this theatre on Monday night announced': wo no velties, the first of which was designated an historical operetter entitled The Ilaynted Head! or the Sculptpr's Study. It would be unfair to give any opinion on the piece, as it was evv dent that it had been got up in a hurry. It was, howeveo successful, there were only one or two dissentients when the curtain fell. The great titinction of the night was another version of the Bronze Morse, Saving for its second title, TM Cloud King's Curse. The Brazen Horse has been made a very hack of in England; the celellty it had acquired in France has set the breeders of this co-Kntry on the idea of crossing to such an extent, that it becoinee difficult to de fine exactly the pedigree of all the BrrPze Horses we are called upon to inspect. The Bronze ,r - lorse of the Surrey is most nearly allied to that of Covent-orden, but it has a kind of apostrophe dove-tailed to it in tie shape of a paraphrase of the Ghost scenes of Hamlet. The whole strength of the company was employed. Mr. ELiwie t ; the hero, and Miss Byfield, the heroine. The dresses were. al' most elegant and characteristic. The Duke of Wellington, when the situation of big head gardener at Walmer Castle last became vacant, gave it to an old sergeant, named Townshend, who served i n his Grace's regiment, the Grenadier Guards, at Waterloo. The old soldier was present at the anniversary dinner of the Deal and Walmer Conservative Club on Thursday Pi t ' Price, M.P., in the chair), and sung the song of the " AI" mer and the Old Soldier" on the occasion. Sir Robert Peel is expected in town in the course of next week, with his family. The Right Hon. Baronet has entertained a succession of visitors at his seat, Drayton Park, during the shooting season, and is himself eztremell partial to the sports of the field. The Marquis of Hertford, who sojourned last win ter at Milan, has returned to his former residence at Napil with his establishment, where he intends to remain wi t ?, May, when he will return to this country. Ther e a re n ° " so many English of distinction this winter at Naples, as there were at this time last year. The Viscountess Milton, relict of the late Viscoun t Milton, was on Monday delivered of a daughter at the house of her father, the Earl of Liverpool. The next soil of the Earl Fitzwilliam thus becomes entitled to the titles and estates of the present Earl on the death of his father. He has not yet arrived at full age. The Earl of Minto's dinner at the Admiralty, on Monday evening, was given to Viscount Me;bourne, Vis count Palmerston, Mr. Poulett Thomson, Countess Sebas" tiani, Baron and B aroness B u l ow, M r. C. Romilly, Ste. Os Lordship will give a Cabinet dinner to-day. MRS. HALL'S NEW NOVEL,—" The 011 1 ' LAW."--These volumes are crowded with striking incidents' Mrs. H a ll h as c h osen wisely in selecting the epoch of the reign of J ames 11. f or the scene of her story, into which she has breathed all the animation, the bustle, the strife, the startling and contrasted situations, the vivid character , in short, peculiar to the period. The Outlaw himself is mysterious personage, who is hunted throughout the land , from one hiding place to another, by the ruthless myrmidon? of James 11. The various escapes and sufferings of tho persecuted Protestant keep the attention and the sympath/ of the reader perpetually alive, while the dramatic workinf out of the other principal characters attest the authoress? claim to a very high station among writers of romance! Naval and Military Gazette. A great sensation was produced in Westininster, Hall last night, by th e commun i cat i on o f a confidential Usher to some aspirants at the Bar—that a change in high judicial department was certainly on the eve of takias place, as Mr. Justice Bosanetuet had in the course of th e , morning returned the State Robe, temporarily borrowed es Lord Lyndhurst, his occasion for it having ceased. ADVERSE MAJORITIES.--011 the 12th of Jan. , 1784, the new Ministry of Pitt was twice left in a minority , once of 39, the second time of 54. This not indueingthee l to resign, a series of motions was made to compel them t° do so. It was never ventured, however, to stop the supplies. Between Jan. 12 and March 8, fourteen motions , besides those which passed without a division, were carried against the Ministers with v ar i ous , but o n th e w h o l e , de creasing majorities, the last only by a majority of one. This ended the struggle. The Minister saw that the time wag now come when a dissolution was likely to tell in his fa vour, and it took place accordingly March 25. HEALTH OF THE KING OF SWEDEN..—HAM BURG, DEC. 29.—1 t is asserted that the health of the Kirtg, Charles John, has become very weak, and that the rough climate of Sweden greatly injures him. He may possibly think of spending the remainder of his days in a milder climate more suited to his constitution, in which event Prince Oscar would assume the reins of Goverir mont during his father's life. Letters from Copenhagen state, that at the beginning of the milder season King John, by his doctor's advice, intends making a temporary tour in the South. Time will tell how far these reports are well founded. A dancer at the Grand Theatre, named Bourrachon, dining out last week with another actor and the chief me chanist of the theatre, proposed to his companions to go to a shooting gallery, and practise pistol-firing. Mr. Bourrachon made a bet that he would hit the bull's eye the first shot. He primed and loaded his pistol, and, crying out, " There's thd bull's eye 1" put the weapon in his mouth, pulled the trigger, and shot himself dead.—Censeztr de Lyon. Charles Lewis, the most eminent bookbinder in Eu rope, died at his house in the neighbourhood of Piccadilly, on Friday. Nearly all the splendid bound books in the libraries of the Duke of Sussex, Earl Spencer, the Right Honourable Thomas Grenville, Heber, Hanrott, Dent, Sir Mark Sykes, Sir Francis Freeling, A rc hd eacon B ut l er , Miss Currer, Beckford, the Duke of Devonshire, Baron Bolland, and other distinguished collectors, have beep bound by Charles Lewis. It is found from experience in American prisons) that convicts condemned for life frequently procure their discharge sooner than those who are sentenced for limited periods. It would seem that the former apply more assi duously and steadily to work, a certified report of good con duct generally being followed by a pardon ; while the latter recklessly continue, trusting to the lapse, of time, which, if they survive, must ultimately produce theie freedom. ARCHITECTU RAL SOCIETY.-Last n i g ht the monthly. evening mee ti ng o f this Society was h e ld at its rooms, i n Lineoln's Inn-square. A number of interesting works of art were laid on the tables, and arnongst others Mr. Hakewell's Sketches, illustrative of his tour in Jtaly. TheSe drawings excited considerable interest, fO l r"#ral of them w o r e o f S c ene s i n the vi c init y o f Rome, and.`iveee exe auted'*ith great taste. There were also some highly-fi nished architectural drawings of churches, and other build. •